[Doctor Stochastic]

If the flare was initiated by a iron cored sun, then their would be some evidence of iron someplace, somewhwere.

Correct. And you are also correct that we don't see this. Iron is the heaviest nucleus that can be made by normal fusion reactions; that's why it's interesting. Novae and supernovae are necessary to create heaver elements.

[dread78645]

> If the flare was initiated by a iron cored sun, then their would be some evidence of iron someplace, somewhwere.

Correct. And you are also correct that we don't see this. Iron is the heaviest nucleus that can be made by normal fusion reactions; that's why it's interesting. Novae and supernovae are necessary to create heaver elements.

But that's what this Professor Manuel is saying; he's has evidence of iron, nickel, oxygen, and silicon :

Sun's Surface Composition

Composition of Bulk Sun (after correction)

If he's correct, this would account for what we observe of the planets, comets and meteorites.

If they are formed of the same stuff as the rest of the solar system:
A sun composed of H/He has very few elements in common with the known composition of the orbiting bodies, but a Fe/Ni/O/Si would have nearly the same composition as them.